The Band - Mystery Train (with Paul Butterfield) - 11/25/1976 - Winterland (Official)

The Band - Mystery Train (with Paul Butterfield)
Recorded Live: 11/25/1976 - Winterland - San Francisco, CA
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Personnel:
The Band:
Rick Danko - bass, fiddle, vocals / Levon Helm - drums, mandolin, vocals / Garth Hudson - organ, piano, accordion, synthesizers, soprano saxophone, violin / Richard Manuel - piano, organ, drums, clavinet, dobro, vocals / Robbie Robertson - guitar, piano, vocals
Horn Section:
Richard Cooper - trumpet, flugelhorn / James Gordon - flute, tenor saxophone, clarinet / Jerry Hay - trumpet, flugelhorn / Howard Johnson - tuba, baritone saxophone, flugelhorn, bass clarinet / Charlie Keagle - clarinet, flute, saxophone / Tom Malone - trombone, euphonium, alto flute

[@songsitter]

The tone that Paul Butterfield is getting out of that harp is just crazy good. This was back far enough time wise that there would be no pedals involved in the set-up. Just one very soulful player.

[@patriciathewisher2315]

The band who so deserved to just be named The Band. What a bunch of talented men.

[@Aldyside]

Well said indeed

[@gottadomor7438]

Butterfield & Helm singing a duo lead is almost too much for this music fan to handle - two giants together for sure. This. IS. epic.

[@patriciawilson9666]

I know what you mean .This was epic.Just pure effortless talent.

[@JihadUSA]

Butterfield stepped aside for Levon pretty quickly. Greatest voice in rock history

[@patriciawilson9666]

@@JihadUSA Butterfield was humble that way.Besides his harp said more than enough.

[@JihadUSA]

@@patriciawilson9666 Exactly. Perfect performance. Helm, Jagger, Wolf, Robert Johnson

[@bertkilborne6464]

sure enough

[@zenzen1916]

Thanks Levon for introducing me to Paul, my soulmate, our son, Justin, reminds me of you, Paul. See you again some day..🎶🥀💔

[@dreamwell2020]

Right outa the gate, Garth's support of Paul's playing is just beautiful.

[@johncopeland3826]

If you listen closely above the blues harp ,you can hear Robbie's astonishing rhythm playing ! It is to me quite breathtaking never missing a beat ... Listen very closely !

[@howardherrnstadt7367]

Butter is just so STRONG here. Powerhouse.

[@normhubbard8484]

What a frigging show it will be in Rock & Roll Heaven when all the boys are back together only hope l can get a pass and attend, hell yeah wail Mr. Butterfield .that train just keeps arollin.

[@sonofbarnsey]

Robbie blows a string on the first attempt and someone goes "What a natural..." Cracks me up everytime

[@christinechurch3838]

who could thumbs down this. only bieber fans. hey this is greatness that you don't see anymore

[@johnpandolfino8663]

I remember when this movie first came out.... I was working in Manhattan and it was playing at a theater uptown..... I grabbed the secretary and said we were taking a long lunch....hopped in a cab and went to see it that afternoon......what a performance by all involved..... I wonder if she remembers seeing it with me.....boy that was a very long time ago

[@joelwexler]

I couldn't afford the $3.75.

[@patriciawilson9666]

Levon and Butterfield.Perfection...

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[@ireneruthfox]

Butter......Best there ever was. What tone.

[@christinechurch3838]

what a bunch of talent up there on stage. don;t see that these days

[@Vernuft]

WHAT A SOUND ON THAT HARP, DYNAMITEEEE!

[@camillecarveth9117]

You bet

[@camillecarveth9117]

Wanna play like that

[@Vernuft]

@@camillecarveth9117 You will!

[@lisandroalvarez87]

He plays harp like hell !

[@patriciawilson9666]

No,you're right If God plays the harp i'll bet this is what it sounds like.

[@paulb7946]

Paul Butterfield. Monster tone, and monster power. The greatest soloist the night of the Last Waltz -- and yes I know Clapton and Robertson were there.

[@dorothyorr3724]

total swoonability...... what have the youngsters got today??????

[@pabloperez4063]

Further on up the road

[@patriciawilson9666]

Yeah,and yet Butter made it look so easy in his typical humble way.

[@GoonerBob42]

@@dorothyorr3724 Justin Bieber? :0))

[@cappsginny699]

Now we have Ed Sheean and Adele - pure scmaltz!

[@thoralmighty5133]

Hell Yeah Get Down Butter!

[@mikefitch6392]

Bill Graham had a special way to really leave his mark on history. Watkins Glenn and The Last Waltz were just two of extraordinary special events. One had 600,000 fans and one had 6,000 that will never be forgotten.

[@grahambruntfield]

Great concert Watkins Glen good times

[@richarddean4763]

Best version easily

[@PaisleyPatchouli]

No mystery here... just the best of the best.

[@ramonsanchez2429]

How good the blues sound with the harp they sound explosive with the voice the Mr Paul Butterfield 🎹🎸🎸🥁

[@garychamness5753]

Levon Helm & Butterfield was awesome!

[@adamhorvath2876]

That's a vintage strat through a Bassman... good lord

[@lightlyone]

Damn, what more can be said about this. Phenomenal!

[@ramonsanchez7961]

Blues Legend's Mr Paul Buterfield with of the Best playing musicians 🎹🎸🎸🥁

[@steveclark4876]

It's a hard call but it's a top 16 blues song of all time

[@pabloperez4063]

More like country

[@vernwallen4246]

Hello Elvis,Scotty and Bill,can you hear us?You 3 gentlemen immortilized that number.

[@robertbarrett6267]

They sure did! Still the best version. Ohhhh Scotty ...

[@2011littlejohn1]

Very important and seminal song and one of the best tracks from the Sun recordings.

[@amsedelm]

Paul was da man!!!

[@matthiasbelan3023]

The Band einfach perfekt und Paul Butterfield ohne Worte

[@mikefitch6392]

Wish I had a time machine to see this unbelievable show!

[@Michael-xj6qt]

Just awesome performance,

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

and this is where Paul would form a great friendship with Levon Helm who would become a part of the rco All-Stars and a great friendship with the great Rick Danko. also he would hang out to with Garth Hudson they were originally supposed to make an album together Paul and Garth

[@allisonpayne2097]

Talented bunch of guys with rock n roll in their souls😎

[@MerriBrownwing]

What a wonderful mesh of talented men on one stage! Ah memories!!!!💕🎵💕

[@tattyshoesshigure5731]

Fantastic rendition of this great number… Paul Butterfield’s harmonica playing is absolutely superb. The mix seems quite a bit different to how it is on my Last Waltz CD. … I can hear Garth’s keyboard much clearer here.

[@larryleitch3803]

All the talent up front, simply amazing

[@gimmeabreak669]

Doesnt get much better than this 👍👍👍👍👍

[@Vodichka9]

Damn!! Levon and Paul, two of the coolest guys ever!

[@jamesh256]

So friggin good!

[@JohnEBurns]

I saw Butterfield and Johnny Winter play together at Deadwood, So.Dak. during the 1979 Bike Rally in Sturgis. It was the most Best, 20min.Set l have ever Seen. I recorded the whole thing by Accident. I was My self performing in my Group. We in Front of the Train Depot in Downtown Deadwood.Outdoor Stage. I recorded it on a 4Track Tascam Reel to Reel at 15in.per second. Slammed the Levels, turned out So Awesome, have it Archived on that Tape, on Dat and Flash Drive/Thumb Drive too. Incredible.

[@copperpaigne1873]

What your hearing on this album is respect.

[@pwd1679]

Winter land was an awesome venue...loved going there

[@williamjensen5044]

The best version of this song, only wish it was longer

[@hansspa3892]

There’s plenty more where this came from!

[@pabloperez4063]

Crossroads festival Albert Lee Vince gill etc

[@StooGP]

Junior Wells son.

[@robertmccarthy3731]

Pure Golden Butter. Mighty powerful swingers

[@LastTree]

i miss hearing him so much,,

[@buckwhistler7430]

Your damn right he can!

[@erswnn]

I was fortunate enough to be 18 when this happened. The movie was shown at a few large old theaters such as the Tower In Philly. It was like being at the concert. Those were the good days....joints everywhere, cops no where in sight. You could buy nearly anything in the bathrooms and the acid was good in those days. The 66 to Bridge and Pratt hop on the EL to 69th St stoned and happy.

[@bamadeadhead]

Eric S 👍🏼😎👍🏼 yeah bathrooms used to be WAY cooler. Now they just stink

[@jels1834]

Those were the good old days for sure!

[@jimfladwood4393]

❤ABSOLUTELY EPIC 😮☮️🎵

[@luciamartins1404]

AMO de paixao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@erzsebetdancs5380]

❤ Én is! De van aki nem??!❤ Szia!😊

[@sandragriffiths9692]

Close your eyes and you are on the train🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞🚞

[@fanepopescu7546]

Paul cel mai bun din lume

[@johnbailey9864]

Hold it .. Here we go.. wtf Happen to great music?? replay all the time

[@robertchartrand179]

The Band starts bad...plays erratic but Butterfield is truly amazing having to anticipate the Band's playing.

[@joelwexler]

47 years ago we couldn't imagine a couple clicks, and poof, we're back there. And the ganja is cheap, strong and plentiful in Colorado.

[@raymond6001]

Love the movie

[@loydenochs8572]

this is stunning... the movie version cut out all the nuances of this

[@GayleMI]

Yeah, but they did tamp down Garth's roller rink organ. Sounded a little out of place.

[@danocable]

Oh don’t forget the king mike Bloomfield

[@lee91168]

Checked out Elvis Presley Mystery Train, it was good too!

[@leonardodaria7370]

Great🎉

[@user-pn2kd1hi7n]

マイク・ブルームフィールドとのデビューアルバムは素晴らしかったし、今晩の演奏も申し分ない。しかしソロのポール・バターフィールドは地味な通好みのプレイヤーだった。そして彼は短い生涯をブルースに捧げた。

[@bamadeadhead]

Only One ass so far, this song gets 455,857 👍🏼’s

[@cbroz7492]

IIRC 11/26 was The Last Waltz...

[@wilwassink5124]

Wauw!!!

[@stereorockfm7128]

Levon! Paul!

[@patriciathewisher2315]

Wowowowowowowow

[@georgetoth6768]

Quintessential

[@frogeregis]

❤❤❤

[@landlinesandpercolators8822]

Buttertone....

[@lorenzomoro1313]

Jolly good! The two guys I mean

[@artfein8890]

That intro was from a Band song -- The Wait.

[@TheDoctorgus]

Artfein: "The Weight."

[@pikkuapuri]

Wohooo!

[@andrewcrooks373]

Yew 🤩🎉

[@nathandodge665]

Yeah yeah they're the best there ever was and criminally underrated and blah blah blah blah.

[@yvesbrisabois5972]

The band un groupe de musiciens surdoués mais suffisamment pas reconnu hélas.

[@OldGymnastVideo]

So not only did Robbie break a string, this is where they lost the house lights and only one spot was left working. I can see Bill freaking out, Marty scrambling to make sure he had coverage and Jerry who is filming this footage from next to the Soundboard wondering if he should pitch in or keep filming. :)

[@richardgreen4799]

😊😊😊😊😊

[@matthiasslavik3403]

Original, before The Last Waltz beginning

[@zdravkogalesev7715]

Prva liga

[@jrd259]

the song starts at 2:00. First two minutes is just adjusting stage.

[@hansspa3892]

Yeah we saw that too. Robby had to change guitars. This is live mate,sometimes shit happens. But good observation. Jeeez.

[@joepeirmont6026]

Anybody's guess 😂🤣😂 great response 👍👍

[@davidzasloff8797]

I've seen the movie a few dozen times and I've often wondered what happened to Garth's organ sound. It's way out in front here, but I gather this was an outtake. If so, who's responsible for turning Garth down on the official version? The Band was a phenomenon, but we've always known that it was largely Garth that made them unique.

[@bamadeadhead]

David Zasloff it was the maker of the movie I think man, Scorsese...he edited him out for some reason. He prob shut a door on him or something, little man’s disease at its best. Maybe stubbed his toe?

[@hansspa3892]

I think you guys are both very much mistaken. Scorsese made the movie The Last Walts. This is winterland. Also everything is shot from one angle and that’s a dead giveaway that it’s not a professional movie.

[@razortube101]

Robbie and Martin edited the Last Waltz alot of songs were mixed differently to how they were played live with some parts being over-dubbed after the fact,for instance Rick's bass due to the fact on some tracks it was slightly out of tune.The only instrument that was never overdubbed and remains the same as the night it was recorded are the drums

[@GayleMI]

@@razortube101 And according to Levon's book, they made sure to provide ample close-ups of the veins in Robbie's neck.

[@hamburgerdan101]

@@hansspa3892 buddy the last waltz was recorded at winterland this is a last waltz out take

[@rogerrrubin]

So many roads so many trains to ride So many roads so many trains to ride I've got to find my baby before I'll be satisfied I was standing at the station when I heard that whistle blow I was standing at the station when I heard that whistle blow You know I thought it was a streamline but it was a B&O Well you know i miss my baby and i miss her by my side yea, i miss my baby i miss her by my side you know know she always give me luvin' that kept me satisfied......yeah It was a mean old fireman and a cruel old engineer It was a mean old fireman and a cruel old engineer That took away my baby whoa oh, left me standing here

[@bamadeadhead]

R. R. Rubin you should of listened to the song🤨FKN Einstein over here👎🏼😂👎🏼. Edit: you come back and thumbs up your own FKD UP lyrics? 🤣

[@joepeirmont6026]

@@bamadeadhead C'mon, man, yer killin' me here. 😂🤣😂🤣 "FKN Einstein..." 😂🤣😂🤣 Great response!!

[@bamadeadhead]

Joe Peirmont greatness is easy

[@jonathanchitsa519]

Amintire de Universtate din Timisoara direct din razboi per linia frontului in Mozambique.

[@charlesnewcomb6520]

To Damm Alsome ,Growing up .....He'll y'all ..

[@botelhopiaget5369]

❤️❤️❤️🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👏👏👍👍👍🤩🤩🤩🤩

[@Mimijohnsoneosdgs]

Never more....

[@danocable]

Roy Buchanan taught Robbie a lot?

[@keeponrollin7922]

Love roy playin

[@GayleMI]

Not enough.

[@janeharper9329]

2 geniuss

[@ninjavigilante5311]

All geniuses! Garth, Robbie, levon, Rick, Paul.

[@nathandodge665]

In your opinion

[@janeharper9329]

@@nathandodge665 it is

[@ElSantoLuchador]

Elvis took this song from Junior Parker and recorded it at Sun. The rest is rock and roll history.

[@bamadeadhead]

1:58 👍🏼😎👍🏼

[@lemauvaistemps]

Sorry for going against the stream, but is it only me finding it a bit messy and them both shouting it at the same time out of sync kind of ruined it for me . Great tune though!

[@patriciawilson9666]

Great Rock'N'Roll is very often messy.

[@DVH1149]

I was there, and I can tell you, JRR fucked up, he blew the intro lick, which didn't line up with the drug-fueled, god-like image they were all trying to project....he then tried to blame it on a faulty guitar or his guitar-tuners off-stage...ANYTHING to deflect from a simple mistake on the guitar (the horizontally-quick changes are formidable). The rest of the clip (after replacing JRR's supposedly-defective guitar) was MAGNIFICENT thanks to JRR's ballsy playing (after the initial dropping the ball), Levon Helm, and of course, PB himself. A fuck-up is forgivable; lying about what happened is not, although one can understand his nervousness and embarrassment).

[@panhirvonen9195]

He broke a string. You can see it from the clip & hear one of them saying it. This story of yours doesn't line up with the footage here.

[@josephambrose2852]

With respect, wouldn't know the guy if he fell on me

[@gregdavidson5898]

This not the version that appears in "The Last Waltz", is it? Both done at Winterland.

[@simonelamberti5484]

Fuck he can play

[@buckwhistler7430]

YES HE CAN!

[@rockyjohnstone]

Guitar tech hands Robbie an out of tune guitar.

[@moptopbaku6022]

Why show 2 minutes of shit before the music starts?

[@glenneglington2325]

Fantastic omg,but the lighting sucked

[@jquery2774]

Be honest with you, grammarly or Kellogs I wouldn't even wipe my ass with. The song is still great though.

[@zdravkogalesev7715]

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